2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marbelup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marbelup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.8% of families in Marbelup, the largest group in the area. This is a place where larger households are common, and very few people live by themselves. Most homes are family-focused, with a typical household size well above the national figure.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Marbelup — higher than 81% of areas.
| Marbelup | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Marbelup typically hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.8% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.8% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marbelup, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 4.1% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
4.1% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marbelup, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Marbelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50898/marbelup/topic/family-households